Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soldier armed with a carbine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
carbineer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A carbineer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
cavalry soldier whosearmament was acarbine
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, the device has a loop beneath the keys for attaching a carabineer or a belt clip can be attached to the rear panel.
Susan Fogwell: Holiday Gift Review: Magellan eXplorist GC GPS for Travelers Susan Fogwell 2010
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The visual of the rope leaving what looks like a carabineer with an ostensibly falling climber if the screaming is any indication is fantastic.
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The visual of the rope leaving what looks like a carabineer with an ostensibly falling climber if the screaming is any indication is fantastic.
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A carabiner is the mountaineer's clip; a carabineer is a soldier wielding a carbine.
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David Greene Berrien Springs, Michigan Neer Miss You have mistaken carabineer for carabiner (Fetish, Play, issue 16.03).
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Its click wheel interface is designed to be operated with gloves on, and the unit, which clips to your parka with an integrated carabineer, is waterproof to IPX7 standards should you tackle the slope on your face.
Fetish: Truly Wire-Free Earbuds, Glove-Friendly GPS Handheld, Tough-as-Nails Videocam 2008
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Cables built into Glinda's costume terminate in the area of her lower back with a carabineer that locks onto the Bubble's frame.
What makes "Wicked" Run--Part Deux Will 2006
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Cables built into Glinda's costume terminate in the area of her lower back with a carabineer that locks onto the Bubble's frame.
Archive 2006-05-01 Will 2006
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two Charlotte Mosier ice tools, curved handles, one pad, two runners, one locking carabineer and some anchor strap.
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Ecole de Droit; the huge Alsacian carabineer, grimly smiling under his sandy moustaches and glittering brass helmet; the jolly nurse, in red calico, who had been to Paris to show mamma her darling
chained_bear commented on the word carabineer
"Carabineers are cavalry armed with carabines carbines'>carbines. They are sometimes dismounted to serve on foot." (citation in list description)
October 10, 2008